North Carolina-filmed 'Sleepy Hollow' to air on Fox

“Sleepy Hollow,” TV pilot that scouted for filming locations in Burgaw but instead opted to film in Salisbury, will appear on Fox during its 2013-14 season, according to the Salisbury Post.

Filming is expected to resume in July, but the network hasn't decided if the series will return to North Carolina, a 20th Century Fox spokesman told the newspaper Wednesday night.

A Salisbury city official said the series' producers have been searching for alternate filming locations in other states, according to Salisburypost.com.

The show, a modern version of the headless-horseman tale, was written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who co-created Fox's “Fringe.”

In it, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to modern day to find that the world is on the brink of destruction and that he's humanity's last hope. He then teams up with the town's female sheriff (Nicole Beharie) to unravel a mystery that dates to the founding fathers.

The pilot, which filmed in downtown Salisbury in March, was directed by “Underworld” helmer Len Wiseman.